The company conducted its first real-world testing in the Innovation District downtown. The system, Multimodal Alerting Interface with Networked Short-range Transmissions (MAIN-ST) ‚This is technology that‚s being pushed really hard in the automotive space,‚ said Michael Jenkins, a senior scientist with Charles River Analytics. ‚ ‚ What we‚re doing is focusing on the pedestrian and bicyclist because they‚re vulnerable transportation users who are often overlooked. ‚ The idea was funded by a 750,000 research grant awarded to the company this summer by the Federal Highway Administration that will be disbursed over two years.]